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ping, e-mail comes in and you have to read it. >> your addiction to the phone may have a scary side effect that you might not remember in the morning. >> reporter: you've heard of sleep walking and sleep eating. there's a new phenom nonthat's affecting people all over the globe. michael gelb studies sleep disorders. >> a lot of adults have iphones, androids, they always have the phone. you feel the buzzing in your pocket. even though there's no phone there, you sense that there's something, a sound going off because we're so attached to our phones that the line is blurred between wakefulness and sleep. >> reporter: the disorder is most prevalent with people using a sleep medication like ambien. it happened to her. >> i'm sure we all know haiti was a devastating thing to see. i was watching it one night on ambien. then i tweeted that i was going to adopt a baby from haiti.

>> we're in those early stages of sleep when we get awoken, we're not fully awake. we're in a halfway stage. half asleep, half awake, we're answering texts in our sleep and the next morning we don't remember doing it. >> reporter: so what can you do to prevent yourself from sleep texting. there's one easy solution. >> power the phone down. put it in a charger but do it outside your room. don't fall asleep with the phone in your hand. you've got to be in a silent room, a cool room and a darkroom. >> sleep texting. no. >> not even close. >> i know with ambien people do some -- now and then there's been reports of people getting in cars, all kinds of things. >> so my question is is the deal that you're on ambien and you're doing crazy things and texting or are you a person not on ambien -- >> there are people who plain

sleep walk. >> have you ever done anything crazy in your sleep? >> not like that. i've kicked and gotten physical during dreams and stuff, but nothing like that. >> aside from mumble iing. >> drunk text. >> sleep texting. >> that brings us to our facebook question of the day. >> we want to know, what is the weirdest thing you've ever done while sleeping? keep it clean, folks. >> please. >> share your story. log on to wnnfans.com. that could get out of control. the weirdest thing ever. >> yes. keep it pg. coming up next, an unusual experience. >> why a yoga teacher decided to gain 40 pounds on purpose. >> for the love of the game. we're going to introduce you to a bat boy that's inspiring his

♪ ♪ next is a story about self-acceptance. it centers on a yoga instructor to gain 40 pounds to teach others to accept their bodies. >> she learned a good story about herself. >> reporter: the slcelebrity bo you can't help but covet. it's all thanks to yoga. why did this texas yoga teacher intentionally pack on 40 pounds. it began when she received a phone call from her best friend and fellow yoga teacher who was dealing with her own weight issues. >> my best friend told me crying

on the phone that she didn't want to be known as the fat yoga teacher. >> that was enough to send hall on a mission to prove being fat didn't matter. >> i wanted to proven to heprov her as well as myself, are we concerned about physical. >> she went from 135 pounds to 175. >> i was eating a lot of mexican food. i'm a big fan of cheese. >> inhale as you come up. >> would yoga students still take classes from an overweight instructor. >> i was afraid people wouldn't take me seriously. >> reporter: it was surprising that hall was depressed. >> there were days i didn't want to leave the house. one day i was crying for no reason. >> reporter: experts say it's dangerous to gain weight. >> it's difficult on you mentally and on your metabolism.

>> hall is getting back to her thinner, happier self. >> i'm eating a lot of leafy greens and vegetables and fish. >> hall says she was surprised by some of the lessons she learned. >> we just all want to be loved regardless of our size, our shape, our beliefs. we want to feel that. >> reporter: rena ninan, abc news, new york. i think the bottom line of the story is, if you're going to do something whether it is because you want to prove a point or because you want to see how it helps other people, you can't do it that quickly. she gained weight way too quickly is what the experts are saying. >> interesting. she said she didn't say, i'm going to gain this 40 pounds and go for it, she just said she let all her restrictions, the healthy lifestyle that she lives by, she let it go and she wound up gaining 40 pounds. that's scary. >> that is. >> it's a slippery slope. >> boom. that is the consequence. >> coming up, turning your broken heart into a money making

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>> would you feel like the jewelry might be cursed? >> yeah. >> like bad luck. >> if you're looking for a deal, might be the place to go. it's never been used. some of it has been used, very short amount of time. >> fair enough. diving, apparently it can make you thinner and more attractive, but dieting can be a detrimental affect to your brain. the researcher said clogging impacts your ability to carry out tasks. don't eat sugar. pretty easy for me. >> you don't get bogged down. >> i don't get bogged down. stay away from sugar and flour and you'll lose weight. >> i wonder if that has anything to do with it. >> it doesn't grow or swim in the sea, don't eat it.

>> don't eat it. my second favorite story of the day, what is the most screwed up thing about your state? there is now a chart. this is on policy mic.com. it essentially takes -- it kind of grabbed all of the information from america's health rankings and the u.s. census and put it together on this glorious map. louisiana, highest rate of gonorrhea. mississippi, highest rate of obesity. north dakota, ranked last in ugliest residents. >> alcoholism in arizona. >> ohio, nerdiest state based on the highest number of library -- >> washington, bestiality. >> yikes! >> utah, highest rate of porn descriptions. >> wisconsin, highest rate of bing drinking. >> maine, highest rate of dumb people. >> iowa, place

this morning on "world news now", terror watch. the new advisory going out to americans worldwide after the mall attack in kenya. the new video and inside information about the siege. budget battle. the progress on capitol hill avoiding a federal shutdown. flashy victory. how the americans won the america's cup. the inside story about the team's swift sailing. >> television's first "saturday night live" star, tina fey. doing something she's never done on the tube. that's on this thursday, september 26th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. good thursday morning. we begin this half hour with a

global terror alert sparked by the terror attack in kenya. the state department is reminding people to be vigilant for potential terror threats. >> potential targets include large public spaces where americans gather, including during the upcoming holidays. the advisory follows major developments in nairobi. alex marquart is there. >> reporter: the terrorists who strolled calmly through the west gate mall knew the lay of the land. a kenyan official tells abc news that for at least three months the group rented a store in the mall. a base to plan their bloody attack, and according to american officials, likely stash automatic weapons and homemade bombs. the store was on the second level above international brands like converse and samsung and near that large supermarket where we saw scenes like this. kenyan officials say the terrorist's first move on saturday was to take over the

mall's control room with its closed circuit cameras giving them eyes everywhere and the knowledge they were in control. >> they're walking as if nothing is really happening. >> but it was. no emotion? >> no emotion or nothing. strong face. >> reporter: among the many questions is whether some terrorists might have slipped out in the mayhem possibly trying to leave the country. now kenyan authorities are stepping up security all along the country's borders and here at kenya's main international airport. >> ten suspects are now in custody. international forensic teams entered the mall looking for any clues about who exactly was behind the terror. really hard to believe that they had a store front essentially for a month bringing the weapons in. >> smuggling them in the whole time. >> seeing how the mall works, planning it out very casually. there's been a lot of critics of the kenyan security forces that

says that needs to be overhauled. when you think they were there for a month in plain sight. >> under their noses. you know what though, if you think about a mall though, if the malls work anything like they do in the united states, such easy targets. mall security, they're not armed. there are no metal detectors in a mall. even if you have the cameras, did you in there with one gun. you can take over the entire operation and that's it. all the guys in there, out the door. you have control of the entire mall. you can see every nook and cranny. >> no doubt. constant warning about soft targets. >> i think that's what the fbi is trying to get the word out as far as americans overseas. here in the united states something everybody is looking at. >> washington navy yard gunman aaron alexis left a note saying he was driven to kill by months of bombardment with extremely low radio frequency waves. investigators say alexis did not target any particular employee. they also say he did not have a

dispute with anyone, but they do know he was delusional. >> there are multiple indicators that alexis held a delusional belief that he was being controlled or influenced by extremely low frequency. >> this shotgun was the primary murder weapon. on it he evidence a number of carving including, end to the torment. better off this way. and my elf weapon. >> moving relief supplies into pakistan's earthquake zone is being complicated by strong after shocks. tuesday's magnitude 7.7 quake struck in one of the most remote areas. the death toll stand at 350 people. nearly every home in the area was either destroyed or forcing survivors to make make shift shelters. high level meetings at the u.n. today will mark the first contact in six years between the u.s. and iran. john kerry will meet with iran's foreign minister along with a

representative from brittain, france, china, germany. the senate has moved ahead from last night with legislation that will keep the government funded past the october 1st deadline. the vote came after texas senator ted cruz finally stopped talking. abc's jeff bellamy is on capitol hill. >> i told the american people that i intended to stand until i could stand no more. >> reporter: so ted cruz stood fast for 21:19, a symbolic fight against the health care law. after reading a bedtime story via cspan to texas. >> do you like green eggs and ham. >> reporter: he told a story about how people are bracing for obama care. in pittsburgh, dan howard received a letter saying his policy will be canceled because of the new law. married with six children, he's

struggling to find coverage. >> of course i'm concerned. >> reporter: but in miami maggie fernandez told us she's been cutting her high blood pressure pills in half waiting to buy insurance since losing her job earlier this year. >> i need affordable health care. i'm looking forward to signing up on october 1st. >> reporter: the bottom line for millions, many young and healthy will likely pay more while older and sick americans get a break and costs vary widely. a family of 4 make 50g$,000 will pay $600 in some states, far more in others. some keep pushing to defund obama care, a threat that could still shut down the government next week. >> we caught up with senator cruz moments after he finished speak to go ask what he accomplished. >> this was all about elevating the debate in the public and giving the american people a chance to speak. >> jeff bellamy, abc news, capitol hill. small plane crashing and burning in a suburban parking

lot in chicago. it hit parked cars and a light pole. firefighters used poles to put out the flames. the female victim was a passenger. airline passengers may be able to use their electronic devices during a flight. a panel of experts are going to recommend today that those restrictions be dropped. don't expect to use your cell phone during any flights any time soon. that is banned by the fcc. >> the next postal increase could happen in four months. the cost of a first class stamp is set to go up three cents, 49 cents. the cost of mailing a package is expected to increase. the post office expects to lose $6 billion this year alone. any rate hike must be approved by an independent panel. maybe you'll be pay for your

stamps with a brand new $100 bill. the brand new c notes will be out. the ink changes from copper to green when the bill is turned. >> fascinating. eye catching. >> how do they do that on paper? here's a look at your weather. clear skies for most of the country. rain and snow showers, even thunderstorms over north dakota. north dakota? what was that? north dakota, excuse me. wind with rain and mountain snow from montana and the northern rockies. >> cool across much of the west. 75 in l.a., 66 in portland, 54 in salt lake city. summer like, 96 in dallas. kaurns city, 84. 91 for miami. baltimore, 75, boston, 64. near bean town and alba my new york, there's a zoo. >> a healthy baby giraffe born last sunday. pretty cute. you may recall that we had a change of season that day.

they're calling the six foot brand new baby autumn because he was born on the first day of fall. >> it will be cold in those parts but the zoo has a rather big barn in which the giraffes will spend the winter. that is along with 500 other animals that just so happen to live there. six feet tall on his birthday. >> what a cutie pie. >> total cutie pie. zoo's owner says it is a phenomenal discould have riff to see that baby. pretty much sums it up. >> absolutely. what a beauty. coming up, who's had cosmetic surgery to look like lindsay lohan. >> that boy has a major league winning attitude. you're watching "world news now" ♪ don't stop believing ♪ street lights >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by ourtime.com. you by rtime.com.

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♪ and if i had a boat i'd go out on the ocean ♪ it's being called one of the greatest comb backs in history. oracle team u.s.a. rallied to win the america's cup in san francisco bay. >> the team battled its way back to a one race match in new zealand for the yachting crown. nick watts has the story. >> reporter: is this the greatest comeback in sports history? nearly dead and buried one week

ago. oracle team u.s.a. eight races behind. new zealand, one race from the trophy. oracle battled back. they crossed the finish line first winning the america's cup, the oldest trophy in sports. think of it like the red sox coming back 3-0 down to beat the yankees to win the america league championship. even more spectacular, the oracle crew was eight runs down. >> reporter: they've won the america's cup in new zealand. the crowd here is loving it. >> sailing, really? sailing? >> u.s.a.! u.s.a.! >> wow. >> wow, america! >> reporter: how did they do it? partly, the no nonsense skipper jimmy spithill who took me out this summer. >> are you pressuring it yet or just cruising? >> reporter: super secret tweaks they made to their 72 foot

catamaran. top speed, 50 miles per hour manned by sailors suited up like football players. it's nascar on the briney. this is the most extraordinary america's cup in its 162 year history fueled by larry ellison's billions, mired in cap sizes and controversy, and a grand finale no one here will ever forget. nick wall, abc news, san francisco. like he said it all, sailing, really? i know it's cool, but the way they came back apparently, this is just epic. you have to sort of love it. >> right. not only that, but it's the oldest cup, international cup ever so it's ours at least for a year. we'll take it. why not? >> a very controversial cup. there were accidents, a person died before it all got underway. everybody is smiling now. >> you see the way the catamaran was doing a wheelie?

>> there was a lot of talk that the catamarans are so fast in san francisco bay, so treacherous, that it was a bad pick for that, but that's all in the rear-view mirror. >> i have a lot of other countries will be saying that. improbable come back. coming up, look who's had surgery to look more like lindsay lohan. and a former "saturday night live" star who's putting a little more skin in the skinny next.

♪ ♪ skinny time. you've got to love tina fey. very funny. she had a wardrobe mall function at the emmys. people are calling it a nip slip. >> a small one. >> thanks to the internet it went viral. you can go frame to frame and this and that. she made fun of it in a president obama mow because she's going to be back on snl. she hasn't been on it in a long time. there's a promo. >> hi. i'm tina if he.

i'm hosting the snl. >> there will be no more wardrobe malfunctions. >> no. >> it will be fine. >> it's under control. it's not going to happen again. >> forgot my shirt. >> hate it when that happens, flight. >> yeah. apparently it was a blink and you miss it moment. i didn't even see it. it did go viral. it happened when she arrived on stage with her co-writer, tracy whitfield. yeah, she turned it into a home run. >> yeah. >> that's what you've got to do these days. >> snl will be like -- this is the season to watch. we have all kinds of new cast members. >> a lot of people left. >> we have a whole new crew. >> the one that everybody goes for, everybody loves. >> i think this is the one to watch. moving on to this, lindsay lohan kind of in the news once again, not because of anything she did, something more than her half sister, 18-year-old ashley

horn. she is lindsay lohan's half sister from a brief affair that lindsay lohan's dad had in the early 1990s. she had $25,000 worth of procedures because she wants to look like her half sister. i guess she kind of looks like her. she's gotten rhino plasty. she had fat injected into her cheeks. she wanted to look more like lindsay lohan when she was fresh. not now that she looks tired. >> fresh. you don't do work. it makes you look not fresh. >> what makes the story even crazier. now she can say i'm hotter than lindsay, but i'm not lindsay. i don't want a relationship with her. i don't drink, i don't do drugs. i like being a responsible person. if you asked lindsay, she would tell you -- >> i don't know about that one. john stamos, former hunk from the '80s.

>> bless you. >> say john stamos again. i'm kidding. >> strange allergic reaction. >> he turned 50. he's saying some pretty candid stuff. in touch weekly he says, i don't want to be a bachelor anymore. he told in touch the world is different now and at least for ten years i thought i've got to get married again and have kids. i'm open to t. he'd like to be in a relationship. the thing that's interesting, he's a handsome guy still. >> yeah. >> he says i've got no game. i have no moves. if i am hitting on a girl i feel like i'm being presumptuous. >> that's it. >> sit at starbucks and drink some coffee. >> at 50 he is really good looking. we don't have a whole lot of time for this one. it's quick anyway. richard gere and his wife have split after 11 years of marriage. this is a friend telling "people" magazine this. they have told abc news in a statement. we are not releasing a statement

nor commenting at this time. we'll have to wait and see on this one but there are rumors. >> that's too bad. o bad.

♪ don't stop believing ♪ hold on to that feeling this morning there's a state of mind that a number of cincinnati reds should be headed to the world series. >> he's a bat boy. this is our favorite story of the day. espn's chris conley has the story. >> reporter: 30-year-old petty cramer is a die hard cincinnati reds fan whose sheer enthusiasm has electrified his team. >> if you're mad, you see teddy, there's no way you can ever be mad again. >> at birth teddy was diagnosed with down's syndrome. a geneticist spoke to the family. >> she said, you might want to think about institutionalizing. >> we weren't going to do that.

we were not going to do that. >> reporter: eight a charity event, an item in a silent auction, honorary bat boy. they bid on it and won. >> i was so happy. i was so, so happy for it. >> reporter: that night teddy's joy and energy captivated the team, captured in this iconic image. >> that picture ran the next day and then the teddy story kind of blew up. he believes when he's here we're going to win and half of winning is believing. >> reporter: and believe he did. when the reds asked him back to the dugout a second time. that night after todd frazier struck out in the second inning, teddy offered encouragement. >> he came in the dugout and i said, todd, you struck out. it's okay. >> reporter: then with frazier due up again teddy had something to say. >> he's like, hey, todd. i'm like, what's up, ted. he goes, i love ya. i'm like, really, i love yeah.

>> hit a home run, brother. >> you got it. >> that balance goes to straightaway center field. hit a ton. that one will fly out of here! >> reporter: inspiring his team, a team he now works for with his irresistibly positive attitude. chris conley, abc news, cincinnati, ohio. >> that's just one of his many talents. he's a balance room dancer. >> really? >> oh, yeah. very avid ballroom dancer. it's one of the things that ended up on the editor's floor. there was no way to include that he's a ballroom dancer. >> that is a great photo. he looks like he rounded third and came home himself. >> yeah. he brings so much inspiration to that dugout. >> oh, yeah. just great innocence. >> yeah. >> that's terrific. >> really great. love it. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades. ld news now" informing

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good morning, imhe diana perez. >> i'm john muller. here are headlines we're following. washington, d.c., navy yard gunman aaron alexis left an electronic note. the fbi says other evidence points to paranoia and delusion. we'll have the latest from investigators in our top story. the terror attack in the mall in kenya showed a high level of so he figures at this case. they rented a shop for several months and they rented a shop by taking over the mall's control room with security cameras. back from the brink of a shutdown. team u.s.a. battled from behind to beat team new zealand and complete with being called

probably the greatest comeback in sports history. they won eight straight races to successfully defend the america's cup. those are some of our top stories on this thursday, september 26th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. all right. good thursday morning. we begin this half hour with disturbing new videotape that was released by the fbi. >> yeah. it shows navy yard gunman aaron alexis on the day of the shooting. karen is covering the latest developments in washington. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, don. good morning, diana. >> reporter: monday, september 16th, 7:53 a.m., aaron alexis pulled into the washington navy yard parking lot in his prius. we next see him walking into building 197 15 minutes later

using a valid pass to gain entry. but what comes next is chilling. alexis walking down a hallway carrying the sawed off remington shotgun he used in his rampage. over the next hour and ten minutes alexis killed 12 people. at 9:25 a.m. he's shot dead by police. authorities say alexis had a well-documented history of mental health issues that likely led him to go on a killing spree. >> behaviors indicative of severe mental illness. as we seek to better understand his pathway to violence, we will continue to explore his background and motivations, including his clinical history. >> the fbi also released images of alexis's shotgun. evidence into it were several phrases that authorities say provide clues to his motive. on the barrel, the words end to the torment. on the left side, better off this way and my elf weapon. that last phrase the fbi said

may be the best window into his mental health issues. >> multiple indicators that alexis held a delusional belief that he was being controlled or influenced by extremely low frequency. >> the pentagon will conduct three reviews by the end of the year to determine how the navy yard shooting could have happened and how to make sure something like that never happens again. john and diana. >> karen, thank you. the faa says a small plane that took off from kentucky burst into a fireball. the plane slammed into the bank's parking lot. it clipped several trees and hit some cars and smashed a light pole. busy interstate bridge in green bay considered dangerous. it is closed for up to a year. drivers discovered a dip in the middle of that bridge. investigators say this 400 feet long, 20 inches deep. the dip developed when a concrete peer settled by over two feet.

that bridge is expeinspected a ago. lawyers for michael jackson's family made their final rebuttal today. they are suing the singer's concert promoter for causing his death. >> after five months of testimony in the multi-million dollar case, jurors are now about to decide. we have the very latest from los angeles. good morning, brandy. >> reporter: good morning, john and diana. attorneys representing aeg live are pointing the finger at michael jackson. they said he was going to bring his own doctor to london and no contract was ever signed between aeg and conrad murray. appealing to the jury's emotions, attorneys for michael jackson's family played this video during the closing arguments. now in their final statement concert promoter aeg live tried convincing jurors that jackson hired his own personal doctor, conrad murray, who ended up giving the singer a deadly dose

of the drug propofol. >> ultimately it was his money, his doctor, and his choice. and he certainly wasn't going to take no for an answer. >> reporter: the plaintiff in this case, katherine jackson and jackson's children, claim aeg paid murray's salary and pressured him to get jackson ready for the upcoming tour. >> we need to remind dr. murray it's aeg, not mj, that's paying him. >> reporter: they're can go the jury for up to $1.5 billion. >> these jurors have made up their minds. >> reporter: in a civil case like this, a unanimous verdict is not required. only 9 of the 12 jurors must agree. >> closing arguments is to give them the arguments so that whoever's your soldier in the jury room, they'll be armed with the argument that they can make to try to persuade the others. >> reporter: now it's the jacksons who have the burden of

proof in this case. their attorney will make one more statement today before the case finally goes to the jur police in idaho who have been searching for two missing hikers say they found be the body of one of the women. they were experienced hikers. the victim was found just before dark last night. the sheriff will not release the identity until later today. they became worried when the two women did not return from a hike at the national park on saturday. to health headlines. a major advance for thousands of americans who use artificial limbs. listen to this. he wants his toes to curl on a foot, he manage the movement and the technology makes it happen. the team working at the rehabilitation institute of chicago came up with this technology using an $8 million grant from the army. >> so there are about as many as 1 million americans who have missing limbs which makes this

technology so incompetent credibly significant for everybody to be able to have something like this. and the way it works is he has a bundle of nerves in his knees and electrodes implanted in his brain are able to read this connection and make that movement. it is amazing. >> absolutely phenomenal. weighs just over 10 pounds and it has two engines in there powering it. do you remember the $6 million man in the 1970s? >> yes. >> it's like that. it's just remark zblabl it really is. this is the leg and the toes. just imagine on the hand to be able to finally move your hands in a way where you can pick things up. there are things that do things like that. nothing this advanced. >> amazing stuff. there are now six astronauts on the international space station after a soyuz capsule brought in two others. they arrived this morning.

the crew's six-month mission will include a space walk with the olympic torch which will remain unlit based on safety concerns. bought tull autumn day almost everywhere. a few trouble spots. leftover rain in the carolinas, scattered showers in florida. rain and snow in the pacific northwest. windy across the southwest and from the sierra range to utah. >> seattle will be 62 today. sacramento, 77. colorado springs, 75. 90 in new orleans. 70 in chicago, atlanta, new york. time for another drink. let's go big and expensive on this one. how about some extra special cognac. >> it's called louie xiii rare cask, 42.6. got all that? if you want to get your hands on it, it will cost you $22,000 bucks. >> 22,000 bucks? >> only 736 bottles were

produced. the bottle is a crystal design. four bottles, two of them have been sold. >> i wonder what the mind does when you take that. it's so amazing and you realize you can be drinking the cheap stuff and it's because you spent $22,000 and it has to be great. >> i think you're right. i think you have to know your cognac to enjoy this. you don't want to waste this on a guest who has no idea. >> i don't have any idea. i know it's about the big sniffer glass and the vapors. >> probably almost all people know, 22 k. >> coming up, costly fees hidden into your retirement account. how to spot them and save more money. >> later, what a cast of

characters in a washington state home are doing. a rat babying squirrels. >> wait until you see the snakes. paying tribute to the muppets on what would have been the creator's birthday. ♪ it's time to meet the muppets on the muppet show tonight ♪ ♪ it's time to put on makeup, it's time to dress up right. it's time to meet a person on the muppet show tonight ♪ >> announcer: world news now is brought to you by rosetta stone.

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find out how much you're really paying long term by plugging your account into websites like personal capital.com and our expert's company, nerd wallet.com. >> you've dug into the expenses and say the fees are high. >> they are. they're astronomical. >> look for plans that have fees under 1%. >> i know it feels rude but you can't be afraid to ask. what fees am i paying? >> they're paying upwards of 1.8% meaning for every $100 they're putting away the provider is getting about 2. now that may not sound like much but by simply switching providers, the gibbs can save a jaw dropping amount. $500,000 over nearly 30 years. >> $500,000 in fees is an astounding number. now if you can't switch 401k providers, if you get it through your employer, then invest up to the company match.

if you can invest beyond that, shop around for funds that not only meet your needs but have low fees. the tools are on our website. diana and john. >> that's just crazy how much it adds up. >> my mouth is wide open. >> i'm looking into it. >> you just don't know. it's the kind of stuff like that chiropractor. >> i put it away and say i'm doing the right thing. who knows what i'm paying in fees. >> it's amazing. they dropped it by plt 8%, $500,000 over 30 years. >> that's crazy. throw back thursday celebrating some of our favorite fictional friends. >> a look back at more than five decades of the muppets. you're watching "world news now." the muppets. you are watching "world news now."

♪ it's time to play the music ♪ it's time to light the lights ♪ >> smile when you hear the song. thursday's throw back segment. >> yesterday we told you how miss piggy and the other muppets will join kermit at the smithsonian. jim henson would have been 77 years old yesterday. it got us talking about our favorite muppets and muppet moments. >> they were created by jim henson in 1955 as a college student at the university of maryland. he put together a cast of mup puppets for the children's show. >> they included the earliest prototype of kermit the frog there. a little jowl going on there.

he term coned the term muppets because they combined puppets and marionettes. 1976 introduced the world to miss piggy, fozzie the bear. >> i remember him. >> gonzalez sew. the swedish chef. animal on the drums, remember him. >> the muppet show ran until 1981 and kermit was the manager of the theater house. he had a lot of behind the scenes drama to deal with between miss piggy's romantic advances an antics. >> it was so popular it made its way to the big screen. >> the muppet movie debuted in '79 and was a box office hit. it was so successful that jim henson shut down production of the muppet show to concentrate on more films. >> i wondered why it stopped so much. films were making the dough. >> one of the highlights was the

musical acts. as it was more popular it was able to draw bigger performers. >> they didn't just let them sing alone. absolutely not. some duets were incredible, miss piggy, ozzy osbourne, linda ronstadt. >> i must have missed. that some of the biggest acts appeared on the show. where else would you catch diana ross singing with fozzie. toward the end of the song the goel whole gang joined i think fodzie is letting her do all the work. >> i think so. miss piggy is trying to get the spotlight. she jumped in with johnny cash helping sing his hit "jackson" and the man in black, check her out ♪ i'm going to jackson >> perhaps one of the most epic performances, check this out, is sir elton john. that was before he was sir. he sang "crocodile rock."

elton was as colorful as always with the mic that was custom made for the show. that's when he was big. he's always been big. that was the height. >> that was the height. we have a little bit of time to talk about our favorite muppets. we talked a lot about the muppets show. ours happens to be from sesame street. >> who are your favorites? >> big bird my favorite. a little carryover kermit. big bird, 8 foot tall. he lives on an abandoned nest. kermit has tons of siblings. >> my favorites were oscar the grouch and grover. grover was elmo like. he was the inspiration for elmo before elmo was elmo. i was always fascinated by what oscar pulled out of that trash can. he had a whole life. what was up with

>> he was right there, i swear. >> here's all the rest of them. i felt bad for big bird. he'd tell gordon, he was right there, i swear. hd 3. 4 d 3. hd 3. hd 3. hd 3. hd 3.

♪ something you don't see every day. this is an interesting one. a mother rat nursing some baby squirrels. >> it's all thanks to a washington state woman with a fondness of snakes. hear us out. it's an unusual cycle of life. joe english from portland, oregon, has the story.

>> tanya and her husband have some big old snakes as pets, and they raise their own rodents to feed the snakes. before you reach any hasty conclusions, tanya took the three baby squirrels home, first tried bottle feeding them every two hours. >> i came home and i fed them and then i went back to, would. i came home and i fed them. my husband said, well, why don't we try putting them with the momma rat. she just had babies the week before. >> reporter: so they did, and you can watch what happened right here. one by one, momma rat, that's her name, took the squirrels into her cave and has been nursing them ever since. >> i was so squared that she was going to kill them. i didn't even want to try it. i'm sure glad my husband talked me into it. it's like she did it naturally. there was no even thinking about it. maternal instinct, i guess you could say. >> reporter: don't know if it's squirrel instinct or not, but the three some fit right in with their step rat relatives getting a workout on the exercise wheel, drinking bottled water and being cute enough to convert tanya and

her family from snake lovers to squirrel lovers. >> the snakes were kind of our entertainment before but they sleep all the time. we're going to get a bigger cage. i don't know if even letting them go free was a good idea. we're going to try to keep them here and make the cages bigger just for them and keep them with their mom and sister. >> it's just an amazing mixed mish-mash of stuff. >> yeah. talk about just like the animal kingdom but a very miniature -- >> look how little those squirrels -- >> look at that. she has it in their mouth. >> they're so little. i do worry about squirrels being caged. >> i know. >> that's not such a great idea. >> the ultimate free an mimal besides a bird. >> they have been in the wild since they were teeny tiny. >> give them free rein of the house. >> probably not a good idea either. survive. >> give them free reign of the

disturbing details an the navy yard gunman. what they discovered about his health. >> he was being controlled or influenced by extremely low elf, electromagnetic waves. >> his delusion nal behavior and new questions about his behavior. >> controversial moves. the government recommends rear view cameras for cars. >> and sleep texting. sending and receiving text messages in a dream-like state. >> the line is blurred between wakefulness and sleep. >> a hollywood actress who admits doing this and expert advice on stopping this sleep

disorder. it is thursday, september 26th. >> announcer: from abc news this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. good thursday morning, everybody. we're learning much more about the deadly attack in the navy yard. >> it's showing the gunman in real time roaming the hallways. here's pierre thomas. >> reporter: this is aaron alexis armed with a sawed off shotgun hunting innocent victims. it started as a routine monday at the navy yard. alexis shows his pass and is waived in by a security guard just before 8:00 a.m. surveillance cameras capture him driving into a parking garage and moments later walking in through the front door of building 197. he's working there as a civilian contractor. there's no metal detector, no bag check. we next see alexis armed with a shotgun peeking around corners, checking doors, looking for

someone, anyone to ambush. he moves quickly down the stairs with purpose, eager. look, he sees some people and ducks behind a wall. the first official explanation of why. >> he was a mentally unstable individual. >> this shotgun is the primary murder weapon. on it he evidence a number of carvings including, end to the torment. better off this way, and my elf weapon. alexis has been hearing voices and believed he was being bombarded by micro waves, something naval authorities knew about. >> there are multiple indicators that alexis held a delusional belief that he was being controlled or influenced by extremely low frequency or elf electromagnetic waves. >> and in his computer files the fbi found this. >> a document retrieved from the electronic media stated, quote, ultra low frequency attack is what i've been subject to for the last three months.

and to be perfectly honest, that is what has driven me to this. >> and so on what should have been a routine day, alexis killed 12 people, mothers, fathers, sons, daughters. >> they never had a chance, and still no answers as to why so many red flags were missed. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. the state department is renewing its global terror alert after the mall attack in kenya. the advisory reminds americans worldwide to be vigilant in light of the potential threat against the u.s. citizens and interests. terrorists could use a variety of tactics from hijacking to suicide operations. potential targets include large public places where americans overseas might gather. >> we are getting a clearer picture of how sophisticated that terror plot in nairobi was. the group that calmly gunned down innocent civilians rented a store inside the mall for three months. it was used as a base to plan the attack and to stash weapons.

the terrorist's first move on the day of the attack was to take over the control room and the camera. >> they look like nothing is really happening. >> emotional? >> no emotion. no nothing. just strong face. they didn't appear like they were bothered. >> ten suspects are in custody but there are reports that some of the attackers slipped out. forensic teams including fbi agents are now inside that mall looking for clues. >> newly released supplies into pakistan's earthquake zone is being complicated by strong after shocks. tuesday's quake struck one of pakistan's remote areas. the death toll stood at nearly 350 people. more than 500 have been injured. survivors spent two nights in make shift shelters. practically every home was damaged or destroyed by the magnitude 7.7 quake. >> at the united nations historic talks begin today between the united states and iran. secretary of state john kerry sits down with the iranian

foreign minister to discuss the next round of negotiations in iran's history. lawmakers on capitol hill have taken one step back from the brink of a government shutdown. unanimous voting in the senate will allow a funding bill to come to the floor for a possible package. senator ted cruz ended his nearly 22 hour talk a thonn against the press's health care plan. meanwhile, the treasury secretary says the government will run out of money to pay its bills in mid october. >> the government now recommends that all new cars be equipped with a rear view camera. critics say the cameras should be required to save lives. here's nbc's david curly. >> look back ready to go. >> reporter: it's a powerful image of how little we can see in our car mirrors. >> 62 children are unseen vulnerable behind the car. the reason parents who have run over their own children are demanding backup cameras in their own car. >> mommy, mommy, you hit me with

the car. why did you hit me with the car? i didn't see you. >> reporter: susan orema is part of a lawsuit against the clinton administration. come up with a rule for backup cameras in cars. the government announced it will add rear view cameras not as a rule but a recommended feature in new cars. >> it's too little, too late. the sooner we can issue the reg gut lags, the sooner we can stop it from happening. >> reporter: her daughter survived being run over but every year 210 americans are killed, half of them children. 15,000 are injured. >> reporter: here's a problem, even if you look behind your car and check your mirrors, you still may not see a child. that's why the auto braking systems or cameras can help save a live. >> $2,000 to $4,000 at the dealer as part of a safety package or added to your current car for a couple hundred

dollars. a small price to prevent a deadly mistake. >> what's incredible is that this whole deal started back in 2007 where the transportation department was actually told to do something about this and now all these years later they've come up with a recommendation. that's what they've been able to come up with. >> it seems like it's easy to say. this is mandatory seat belts. why not do it? >> right. it costs a little bit more. but we're talking about lives. >> absolutely. back in the day there weren't things like airbags and seat belts in cars. even though it costs the industry a little bit more, they were made mandatory. even if it's going to trickle down to the consumer, i think consumers want this. why not give it to them. >> life saving aside, it's convenient when you're parallel parking. >> my car has it and i absolutely love it, yeah. getting it in older models is quite easy apparent zbli yes. one person has died after a plane landed in a suburban parking lot. the plane erupted into a

fireball. firefighters covered the area with foam. the female victim or the passenger in the aircraft died. former nfl defensive back paul oliver has taken his life. he wore the number 27 for the chargers. after leaving the university of georgia back in 2006. police say oliver was found dead from a gunshot wound tuesday night near his home in atlanta. he leaves behind a wife and two children. he was 29 years old. lawyers for michael jackson's family get one more chance today to argue their negligence suit against concert promoter aeg. the day begins with their final rebuttal. jurors could get the case by friday. jackson's mother and children claim aeg hired and they say it was jackson's money, his doctor, his choice that led to his death. several states are considering following california's lead and increasing their minimum wages. governor jerry brown signed

california's new minimum wage law in los angeles yesterday. it hikes pay to $10 an hour by 2016. it will encourage businesses to cut jobs. brown called it a matter of justice. president george h.w. bush and first lady barbara showed up at a same-sex wedding. the two women got married. they own the general store in kennebuncport, maine. he's never said publicly that he supports gay marriage but he signed the marriage license. headlines from the sports world. they did it, they being the members of team u.s.a. who beat the team from new zealand yesterday. they ended a completely unlikely defense of the america's cup. >> the race on san francisco bay was a winner take all do or die type of thing. team u.s.a. fell behind early on. >> but they avoided defeat just as they had in the previous seven races by the time they crossed the finish line team

u.s.a. was in the lead by 44 seconds and headed right into the history books forever. wow. >> you know, it's a missed sport. i don't know anything about it. but the way we won this is exciting to almost everybody. we won with seven races in a row. it was the biggest comeback ever. >> it really was. >> we were dead and buried and we won this thing. >> it's interesting because if you look at the crowd, the crowd was going crazy. you think for a sport that people, at least i don't really know much about, that there would be that big of a crowd is pretty impressive. >> pretty dramatic. because of the dramatic way this all went down, people are going to read about it. >> and maybe garner a little more interest. coming up, cashing in your broken heart and engagement. >> stay connected in a dream like state. people send text messages when they're not awake. get expert advice on the disturbing sleep disorder. you're watching "world news now." ♪ ♪

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♪ i hear the secrets that you keep ♪ ♪ when you're talking in your sleep ♪ we've all been there, laying in bed trying to fall asleep and then that familiar ping. a text message.

an e-mail comes in and you just have to read it. >> your addiction to your phone may have a scary side effect that you might not remember in the morning. >> you've heard of sleep walking and sleep eating, but now there's a new phenomenon affecting people all over the globe, it's called sleep texting. dr. michael gelb of the gelb sleep center in manhattan studies sleep disorders. >> kids and a lot of adults have iphones, androids, they always have the phone. as a matter of fact, you feel the buzzing in your pocket even though there's no phone there. you just sense that there's something, a sound going off because we're so attached to our phones that the line is blurred between wakefulness and sleep. >> reporter: the disorder is most prevalent with people using a sleep medication like ambien. it happened to kristen chenoweth. >> i had a bad experience. as we all know haiti was a devastating thing to see. i was watching it one night on ambien. then i tweeted that i was going to adopt a baby from haiti.

>> we're in those early stages of sleep when we get awoken. we're not fully awake, so we're in this halfway point between it's like a half asleep, half awake. we're answering texts in our sleep and the next morning we're not really -- we don't remember doing it. >> reporter: so what can you do to prevent yourself from sleep texting? there's one easy solution. >> power the phone down. put it in a charger but do it outside your room. don't fall asleep with the phone in your hand. you've got to be in a silent room, a cool room and a darkroom. >> sleep texting. have you ever even -- no, right? >> not even close. >> i know with ambien people do some now and then -- there's been reports of people getting in cars, all kinds of crazy things. >> my question is, is the deal that you're on ambien and you're doing crazy things like texting? are you a person not on ambien can do this? >> sleep walkers, just plain sleep walk -- >> have you ever done anything crazy in your sleep?

>> not like that. i mean -- >> me neither. >> i've kicked and gotten physical during dreams and stuff. >> aside from maybe mumbling some incoherent nonsense. >> have i ever done a drunk text? no, it was sleep texting. >> sleep texting, a new thing. that brings us to our facebook question of the day. >> we want to know, what is the weirdest thing you've ever done while sleeping? keep it clean, folks. >> sweet. >> share your story. log on to wnnfans.com. the weirdest thing ever? you don't want to know. >> keep it pg. coming up next, an unusual experiment. >> why a yoga teacher dedicated to a healthy lifestyle decided to gain 40 pounds on purpose. >> for the love of the game. we'll introduce you to a bat boy that's inspiring his team and his fans. you're watching "world news now." >> ann

♪ ♪ next is a story about self-acceptance. it centers on a yoga instructor to gain 40 pounds to teach others to accept their bodies. >> she learned a good story about herself. >> reporter: the slcelebrity bo you can't help but covet. it's all thanks to yoga. why did this texas yoga teacher intentionally pack on 40 pounds. it began when she received a phone call from her best friend and fellow yoga teacher who was dealing with her own weight issues. >> my best friend told me crying

on the phone that she didn't want to be known as the fat yoga teacher. >> that was enough to send hall on a mission to prove being fat didn't matter. >> i wanted to proven to heprov her as well as myself, are we concerned about physical. >> she went from 135 pounds to 175. >> i was eating a lot of mexican food. i'm a big fan of cheese. >> inhale as you come up. >> would yoga students still take classes from an overweight instructor. >> i was afraid people wouldn't take me seriously. >> reporter: it was surprising that hall was depressed. >> there were days i didn't want to leave the house. one day i was crying for no reason. >> reporter: experts say it's dangerous to gain weight. >> it's difficult on you mentally and on your metabolism.

>> hall is getting back to her thinner, happier self. >> i'm eating a lot of leafy greens and vegetables and fish. >> hall says she was surprised by some of the lessons she learned. >> we just all want to be loved regardless of our size, our shape, our beliefs. we want to feel that. >> reporter: rena ninan, abc news, new york. i think the bottom line of the story is, if you're going to do something whether it is because you want to prove a point or because you want to see how it helps other people, you can't do it that quickly. she gained weight way too quickly is what the experts are saying. >> interesting. she said she didn't say, i'm going to gain this 40 pounds and go for it, she just said she let all her restrictions, the healthy lifestyle that she lives by, she let it go and she wound up gaining 40 pounds. that's scary. >> that is. >> it's a slippery slope. >> boom. that is the consequence. >> coming up, turning your broken heart into a money making

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the jewelry he was going to marry. >> do you feel like the jewelry is cursed? >> yeah. but if you're looking for a deal. it's never within used although some has been used but for a short amount of time. dieting, apparently it can make you thinner and more attractive. it can make you dumber. dieting, new research has shown that it is a detriment to your mental capacity. all the counting of calories actually clogs up a dieter's brain. this is a harvard economics professor who did this research. he said it impacts your ability to carry out tasks. don't eat sugar. pretty easy for me. i don't get -- >> you don't get bogged down. >> i don't get bogged down. stay away from sugar and flour. >> i wonder if that has anything to do with it. you're so worried not to eat anything with sugar. >> it means that it doesn't grow or swim in the sea or walk around on legs, don't eat it.

>> don't eat it. my second favorite story of the day here, what is the most screwed up thing about your state? there is a now a chart. this is on policy mic.com. it essentially takes -- it kind of grabbed all of the information from america's health rankings and the u.s. census and put it together on this glorious map. here we go. louisiana, highest rate of gonorrhea. >> wow. >> that's my personal favorite. >> there's a good one. >> mississippi, highest rate of obesity. that one we've reported on before. that seemed familiar. north dakota ranked last in ugliest residents. >> gee whiz. alcoholism in arizona. >> ohio, nerdiest state based on the highest number of library visits. >> washington, beastiality. >> look at the dumbest state, maine. >> oh, oklahoma, highest rate of female incarceration. >> georgia. >> iowa, place where more people

this morning on "world news now", terror watch. the new advisory going out to americans worldwide after the mall attack in kenya. the new video and inside information about the siege. budget battle. the progress on capitol hill avoiding a federal shutdown. flashy victory. how the americans won the america's cup. the inside story about the team's swift sailing. >> television's first "saturday night live" star, tina fey. doing something she's never done on the tube. that's on this thursday, september 26th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. good thursday morning. we begin this half hour with a

global terror alert sparked by the terror attack in kenya. the state department is reminding people to be vigilant for potential terror threats. >> potential targets include large public spaces where americans gather, including during the upcoming holidays. the advisory follows major developments in nairobi. alex marquart >> reporter: the terrorists who strode calmly gunning down innocent civilians knew the lay of the land. a kenyan official tells abc news that for at least three months the group rented a store in the mall. a base to plan their bloody attack and according to american officials, likely stash automatic weapons and homemade bombs. the store was on the second level. near that large supermarket where we saw scenes like this. kenyan officials say the terrorist's first move on saturday was to take over the

mall's control room with its closed circuit cameras giving them eyes everywhere and the knowledge they were in control. >> they were acting as if nothing was really happening. >> no emotion? >> no emotion. no nothing. just strong face and they didn't appear like they were bosses. >> reporter: among the many questions is whether some terrorists might have slipped out in the mayhem, possibly trying to leave the country. now kenyan authorities are stepping up security all along the country's borders and here at kenya's main international airport. >> ten suspects are now in custody. international forensic teams entered the mall looking for any clues about who exactly was behind the terror. alex marquardt, nairobi. >> really hard to believe that they had a store front essentially for a month bringing weapons in. >> smuggling them in the whole time. >> seeing how the mall works every day. planning it out very casually. there's been a lot of critics of

the kenyan security force that says they need to be overhauled. >> under their noses. you know what though, if you think about a mall though, the way malls work, they work anything like they work here in the united states, such easy targets. mall security is not armed. there are no metal detectors in a mall. even if you have the cameras, you go in there with one gun you can take over the entire operation and that's it. all the guys that are in there, out the door. you now have control of the entire mall. you can see every nook and cranny. >> no doubt. constant warnings about soft targets like malls, movie theaters, this kind of thing. >> that's what the fbi is trying to get the word out. even here in the united states, something everybody is thinking about. moving on to this. washington navy yard gunman aaron alexis left a note saying he was driven to kill by months of bombardment with elf. they show alexis walking through the building with a shoth gun. alexis did not target any particular employee. he did not have a dispute with

anyone, but they do know he was delusional. >> there are multiple indicators that alexis held a delusional belief that he was being controlled or influenced by extremely low frequency. >> this shotgun was the primary murder weapon. on it he evidence a number of carvings including end to the torment. better off this way and my elf weapon. >> moving relief supplies into pakistan's earthquake zone is being complicated by strong after shocks. tuesday's magnitude 7.7 quack struck in one of pakistan's most remote areas. the death toll stands at nearly 350 people. more than 500 have been injured. nearly every home was destroyed or forcing survivors to make make shift shelters. high level meetings at the u.n. will make the first contact in six years with iran. john kerry will meet with iran's foreign minister along with

brittain, france, china, germany. it will set the stage for the next round of talks over iran's nuclear program. the senate has moved forward from last night with legislation that will keep the government funded past the october 1st deadline. the vote came after texas senator ted cruz finally stopped talking. >> i told the american people that i intended to stand until i can stand no more. >> reporter: so ted cruz stood fast for 21:19. a symbolic fight against the health care law. after reading a bedtime story via cspan to his two daughters in texas. >> do you like green eggs and snam. >> reporter: he told story after story how families are bracing for obama care. far from the spectacle, american families are preparing for obama care. enrollment starts next week. in pittsburgh, dan howard received a letter saying his policy will be canceled because of the new law. married with six children, he's

struggling to find coverage. >> of course i'm concerned. >> but in miami maggie fernandez told us she's been cutting her high blood pressure pills in half waiting to buy insurance later this year. >> i need affordable health care. >> reporter: the bottom line for millions, many young and healthy will likely pay more while older and sick americans get a break. and costs vary widely. a family of four making $50,000 will pay $600 a month in some states, far more in others. and some republicans keep pushing to defund obama care, a threat that could still shut down the government next week. >> we caught up with senator cruz moments after he finished speaking to ask what he accomplished. >> this was all about elevating the debate in the public, giving the american people a chance to zbleek jeff bellamy, abc news, capitol hill. small plane crashing and burning in a suburban parking lot.

the plane erupted in a fireball. it hit parked cars and a light poll. firefighters used foam to put out the flames. the female victim was a passenger in the plane. people may soon be able to use electronic devices in flights. they're going to recommend most restrictions be dropped. it will be up to the faa to determine whether to follow the recommendations. the next postal increase could go into affect as early as four months from now. that's because today the post office will formally request a rise in rates. the cost for a first class stamp is expected to go up by three cents to 49 cents. the cost of mailing a package is also expected to increase. the post office expects to lose $6 billion this year alone. any rate hike must be approved by an independent panel. maybe you'll pay paying for your stamps with a brand new $100 bill.

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♪ ♪ the team battled its way back for the yachting crown. abc's nick watts has the story. >> reporter: is this the greatest comeback in sports history? nearly dead and buried just one week ago, oracle team u.s.a.

eight races behind. new zealand just one win away from the trophy, but oracle fought back and this never say die crew crossed the finish line first. winning the america's cup, the oldest trophy in sports. think of it like the '04 red sox coming back to beat the yankees to win the american league championship. even more spectacular, the oracle crew with eight runs down. >> reporter: they won the america's cup, new zealand, trailing in the wake and the crowd is loving it. >> sailing? >> u.s.a. u.s.a. >> wow, america has done it! >> how did they do it? partly the no nonsense skipper, jimmy spithill who took me out on the bay. >> are you pressuring it or is this just crazy? >> partly to the super secret tweaks made to their gigantic 72 foot catamaran.

equipped with a carbon fiber wing. manned by sailors suited up like football players. it's nascar on the briney. fueled by larry ellison's billions. a grand finale no one here will ever forget. >> he said it all. he goes, really, sailing. >> it was cool, the way they came back, this is epic. not only that, it's the oldest cup. >> interesting fact. >> international cup ever. >> it's ours at least for a year. we'll take it. why not. >> it was very controversial. everybody's smiling now. >> the catamaran was doing a

wheelie. >> the catamaran was so fast in san francisco bay, it was really a bad pick for that. >> that's all in the rear-view mirror. >> i have a feeling a lot of countries will be saying that. >> improbable comeback. >> pretty impressive. coming up, look who's had surgery to look more like lindsay lohan. and the former "saturday night live" star who's putting a little more skin in the skinny next. little more skin in the skinny next. >> announc

♪ ♪ skinny time. you've got to love tina fey. very funny of course. she had a wardrobe malfunction at the emmys. >> yes. >> people are calling it a nip slip. >> it was a small one. >> thanks to the internet it went viral. you can go frame to frame, this and that. anyway, she made fun of it in a promo because she'll be back on snl. she hasn't been on in a long time. there's a promo coming up on saturday night. take a look. >> hi. i'm tina fey. i'm hosting the season premiere

with musical guest, arcade fire. >> there will be no more wardrobe malfunctions unless you want to do one. >> no. >> flls you want to do one. >> no. it's under control. it's not going to happen again. i forgot my shirt. >> hate it when that happens, right? >> yeah. >> apparently it was a blink and you missed it moment. i didn't even see it. it did go viral. it happened when she arrived on stage with her co-writer tracy whitfield. she turned it into a home run. >> yeah. >> you've got to do that these days. >> snl, this is the season to watch. we have new cast members. lots of people left. >> a lot of people leaving. >> so we have a whole new crew of people. >> who's that person that breaks out and the new, how it always happens, the one that everybody goes for. >> this is the one to watch. moving on to this. lindsay lohan kind of in the news once again. not because of anything she did, more because of something her half sister, little known ashley horn.

this is 18-year-old ashley horn. she is lindsay lohan's half sister from a brief affair that lindsay lohan's dad had back in the early 1990s. she's 18 years old. apparently she had $25,000 worth of procedures. >> really. >> she kind of looks like her. she has a rhino plasty, a bit of a refinement under her cheek and jaw lines, fat injected into her chin and cheeks. she wanted to look like lindsay lohan when she was fresh, 18, 19 years old. not now that she looks tired. >> if you look fresh, you don't do work. it makes you look not fresh. >> what makes this crazier is she can say, i'm hotter than lindsay, but i'm not lindsay. i don't want a relationship with her. i don't drink, don't do drugs. if you asked lindsay when she was 18, she would tell you that. >> i don't know about that. john stamos, former hunk

from the '80s. >> bless you. >> say john stamos again. >> just kidding. >> strange allergic reaction. he turned 50. he's saying candid stuff. he says, i don't want to be a bachelor anymore. i'm sure there are ladies who would line up for him. >> he would be along forever. he told in touch the world is different. i've got to get married again and have kids. i'm open to t. he would like to be in a relationship. the thing that's interesting, he's saying he has no game. if i hit on a girl i feel like i'm being presumptuous. >> that's part of the game. >> sit in starbucks and drink coffee. >> at 50 he is really good looking. we don't have a whole lot of time for this one. it's quick. richard grier aere and his wife. they are telling "people" magazine. they are saying we are not releasing a statement, no

commenting at this time. we have to wait and see on this one. there are rumors. >> that's too bad.

♪ don't stop believing ♪ hold on to that feeling if winning is a state of mind, then the cincinnati reds should be headed for the world series. >> he's encouraging the team to succeed. it's our favorite story of the day. espn's chris conley has the story. >> reporter: 30-year-old teddy cramer is a die hard cincinnati reds fan whose sheer enthusiasm has electrified his team. >> if you're mad and you see teddy, there's no way you can be mad ever again. >> reporter: at birth teddy was diagnosed with down's syndrome, a geneticist spoke to the family. >> she said, you might want to think about institution nallizing. >> we weren't going to do that. we were not going to do that.

>> at a charity event an item in the silent auction caught the cramer's eye. honorary bat boy for teddy's beloved reds. they bid on it and won. >> i was so happy. i was so, so happy for it. >> reporter: that night teddy's joy and energy captivated the team. captured in this iconic image. >> that picture ran the next day and then the teddy story kind of blew up. he believes that when he's here we're going to win and half of winning is believing. >> reporter: and believe he did. when the reds asked him back to the dugout a second time. that night after todd frazier struck out in the second inning, teddy offered encouragement. >> he was in the dugout. i said, todd, it's okay. >> reporter: then with frazier due up again, teddy had something to say. >> he was like, hey, todd, what's up, man? i love ya. i go, really?

i love ya, too. >> you've got it. >> that ball clubd straightaway into center field. that one will fly out of here! >> reporter: inspiring his team, a team he now works for, with his irresistibly positive attitude. chris conley, abc news, since at this -- cincinnati, ohio. >> he's a ballroom dancer. >> love his personality. >> very avid ballroom dancer. that's one of the things that ended up on the editor's floor when they did this piece. there was just no way to include that he was a ballroom dancer. >> that is a great photo. >> oh, man. >> looks like he rounded third and came home himself. >> yeah. he brings so much inspiration to that dugout. >> oh, yeah. just great innocence. >> yeah, that's really great. >> i love that story. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now" informing

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making news in america this morning -- on the prowl. chilling, new video of the navy yard shooter. pictures of the weapon he used. and a new timeline on how it all went down. coordinated attack. new details on the mall rampage in kenya, including a surprising revelation on how the terrorists planned the whole thing. pint-sized hero. cool and calm under pressure. a young boy jumps into action during an emergency. >> well, i feel like a hero. >> what he did that saved several lives. and presidential payback. one day after bono's impression of bill clinton goes viral, the former president is returning the favor.